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GEORGE W. PRENTIGE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LAClNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,041, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PRENTICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lacing-Studs for Wearing-Apparel and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved lacing-stud for wearing-apparel, wherein the connectin g-pron gs are formed out of the central part of the fastening-plate, enabling the device to be firmly secured to the material to which it is to be attached, and at the same time presenting a neat and compact appearance; and to this end the invention consists of a rectangular plate provided at one end with a rounded head or hook portion, while the center of said plate is cut and stamped by suitable dies, so as to form down wardly-extending prongs for connecting the device to wearin gapparel, all as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a plan View of the blank from which the complete device is formed, and Fig. 4 a modified form of blank.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicate corresponding parts.

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ployed for that purpose, which makes an N- shaped out at the center of the plate, the upper and lower sharp ends of said out portion forming the connecting-pron gs, which are bent down at right angles to the plate D, as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The device may, however, be provided with an increased number of prongs formed by an M-shaped out, which provides one prong atthe rear and two at the front, as shown in Fig. 4, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

It will be observed that by means of my present improvements I am enabled to produce a lacing-stud which can be readily formed of a thin strips of sheet metal, at least two-thirds narrower than where the prongs have to be formed upon the sides of the fastening-plate, thereby economizing the stock usually employed, as well as producing a cheaper article.

In the operation of attaching my invention to shoes, kid gloves, or other articles of wearing-apparel, the lacing-stud is adjusted in the upper jaw of a suitable setting-instrument, when by closing the jaws together the prongs are caused to penetrate the material to which the device is to be attached, and the points of the prongs turned back again into the material, and up into the slot in the plate by means of a suitable die in the lower jaw of said setting-instrument.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described lacing-stud, composed of the rectangular plate D, one end whereof forms the head or hook portion B and rounded neck 0, the prongs a being out from the center of said plate, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE.

jwitnesses:

D. G. BonMAN, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, Jr. 

